Colonel Ralph T. Tomberg was commissioned an Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company L, 14th Infantry Regiment. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company M, 14th Infantry Regiment; Assistant Battalion S-3 and Battalion S-3, HHC, 3d Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, Hawaii; Weapons Platoon Leader, Company B, 2d Battle Group, 19th Infantry, Hawaii; Forward Observer, Battery C, 2d Field Artillery Battalion, 21st Artillery, Hawaii; Reconnaissance and Survey Officer, battery A, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 31st Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Battery Commander, Assistant Communications Officer, Battalion Communications Officer, HHB, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 31st Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Training Aids Advisor, military Assistance Group, Vietnam; Assistant S-3, HHC, 194th Armored Brigade, Fort Ord, California; Battery Commander, Battery E, 78th Artillery; Battalion S-3/Battalion XO, HQ and Service Battery, 5th Battalion, 78th Artillery, Fort Ord, California; Personnel Management Officer, Artillery Branch, Office of Personnel Management, Washington, D.C.; Battalion Commander, HQ and Service Battery, 4th Battalion, 42d Artillery, Pleiku, Vietnam; Division Artillery S-3, HHB, 4th Infantry Division Artillery, An Ke, Vietnam; Chief Staff Management Branch, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.; Division G-1, HHC, 1st Armored Division, Ansbach, Germany; Director, Personnel and Community Activities, HQ, US Military Community, Ansbach, Germany; Team Chief, Inspections Division, Director of Military Personnel, Washington, D.C. | His awards and decorations include: Air Medal w/V Device, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal w/2 Oak Leaf Cluster, National distinguished Service Medal, Vietnam Medal w/4 Campaign Stars, Armed Force Expeditionary Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Joint Chief of Staff Identification Badge.